One of a series on the state of recurrent education in OECD member countries, this report focusing on Yugoslavia concludes the first stage of a research and experimentation project that Yugoslav authorities have begun. The basic characteristic of recurrent education, a post elementary system of education, is alternation of education and activity…

This report describes a pilot project which involved the development and evaluation of an experimental treatment (training program) suitable for a longitudinal study in which the effects of child rearing practices on general competence in young children are being studied. Eleven families participated in the pilot training program which…

This research project evaluated and compared three educational programs of high, medium, and low structure in family day care settings for a period of 10 months, to determine their impact on cognitive and social development in 60 children aged 2 1/2 to 4 years. The high-structure program followed the Bereiter-Engelmann approach, the…

This booklet presents (in both English and French) four papers delivered at a seminar on day care in Ottawa, Canada in 1969: (1) "The Family in Contemporary Society and Emerging Family Patterns," (2) "The Effects of Early Childhood Experience" (on social and cognitive development), (3) "An Overview of Canadian Day Care…

This report presents the final evaluation of the Saturday School Program which was designed to fully involve the parents, teaching staff, and children in early childhood education. Results of the third project year as well as a comparison between other project years and a general summation of achievement of program objectives are presented.…

The guide for new parents of infants with Down's Syndrome contains 11 entries by parents, pediatricians, and educators. The following topics are addressed: typical initial parental reactions; the causes and effects of Down's Syndrome; reactions of 18 pairs of parents initially and after at least 1 year of living with their child; guidelines on…

Presented in the second volume on the Home-Oriented Preschool Education project are responses of a National Panel of Child Development scholars to a "prime competency list" for normal children up to 6-years-old. The competencies, drawn from a literature search, include behaviors in five categories: classification, communication,…

This report briefly summarizes the educational progress of a sample of children who took part in one of the earliest Head Start programs (1966). The report addresses the following questions: (1) Was participation in Head Start a factor in preventing retention in grade and/or special class placement? (2) Were there differences between Head Start…

This manual describes an early childhood education program for 200 children, ages 4 and 5, based on community needs and designed to prepare children for entry into a non-graded elementary instructional program. Following an overview of the program and a rationale for preschool education, various aspects of the preschool operations are reviewed,…

This monograph describes the curriculum of the child development center of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. The center provides a model preschool program in which teacher trainees work with children, ages 2-6, (several of whom have developmental deficiencies). The curriculum is designed to help teacher trainees…

This monograph describes the individuation module (concerning the perceptions, cognitions, feelings, attitudes and beliefs a person develops towards himself), which is part of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program. This module deals with six aspects of the emerging self: body image, self-image, self-concept,…

This symposium report contains various statements of the theory of change and societal growth and maintenance viewed from the perspectives of major social disciplines. Comparative theories in these areas can provide guidelines for predicting, planning, and carrying out social development programs. The theme of the symposium was the problem of…

Using federal, state, and local funds, the Work Opportunity Center provides guidance, skill training, and supportive services for the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth 16 to 21 years of age. This paper describes the social communications course offered by the Center. Offering individual as well as group coverage, the course includes…

In the summer of 1969, Educational Testing Service (ETS) began identifying the 1,650 3 1/2-year-old children in four sites across the country who would become part of a six-year longitudinal study designed to assess the impact of Head Start. The sites were Lee County, Alabama, St. Louis, Missouri, Trenton, New Jersey, and Portland, Oregon. The…

This study evaluates the effects of placement of additional equipment in preschool classrooms on the cognitive, perceptual, and social development of urban Negro four-year-old children. Two Get Set classrooms in each of six areas of Philadelphia were paired for teachers, subjects, physical facilities and equipment. One classroom in each pair was…